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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 18 - 23, 2013

(25, Q5) Toms Smedins/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Toms Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 25, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Göteborg 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$41,307.65

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$170,032.23

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,638.65
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	1	US$29,000.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	2	1	US$30,638.65

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th
2010	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2011	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th
2012	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	25, Q6	17th	320	US$3,700.00
CEV	5/29-6/2/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	8	9th	160	€ 750.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	22	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	19	25th	150	US$1,500.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/18/2013	Qualifier 2	Georgios Kotsilianos / Nikos Zoupani, Greece (Q21)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:53
Wed, 6/19/2013	Pool H	Paolo Ingrosso / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (8)	Won 18-21, 25-23, 15-9	1:01
Thu, 6/20/2013	Pool H	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (9)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:38
Fri, 6/21/2013	Pool H	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (24)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:35
Fri, 6/21/2013	Winner 1	Daan Spijkers / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (20)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
Sat, 6/22/2013	Winner 2	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (11)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 10-15	0:54

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	$22,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	3	$29,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Toms Smedins												Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$10,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
21	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	15	$11,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	12	$86,350.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	6	18	$13,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	13	$59,000.00
9	0	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$2,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
7	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	$3,375.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$4,100.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
78	0	2	2	1	8	8	8	13	36	$34,200.00	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	27	$165,275.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$14,400.00	8	12	40.0 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$14,400.00	8	12	40.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Toms Smedins													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$1,225.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2007	CEV
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	$3,650.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,950.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$950.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$2,875.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$7,200.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$7,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$375.00
55	0	1	0	2	3	9	10	7	23	$25,875.00	Total	Total	77	0	4	0	0	6	25	18	11	13	$157,250.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	7	41.2%	10-7	58.8%	4	18.2%	1	4.5%	17	77.3%	4-18	18.2%	4-17	19.0%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	15-25	37.5%
2012-2013	2	14.3%	6	42.9%	6	42.9%	8-6	57.1%	3	15.0%	1	5.0%	16	80.0%	3-17	15.0%	2-16	11.1%	9-7	56.3%	1	0	12-23	34.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	6	50.0%	6	50.0%	6-6	50.0%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	14	82.4%	2-15	11.8%	0-28	0.0%	16-14	53.3%	0	0	8-21	27.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	6	12	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	5	2	9	21	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	28

Head to Head Results
Smedins/Sorokins trail the series against the field 7-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Schmidt/Solberg	3	Smedins/Sorokins	19	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Smedins/Sorokins	22	21-11, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Ingrosso/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Ingrosso/Tomatis	8	18-21, 25-23, 15-9	1:01
Trail the series against # 9 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-2
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	9	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:38
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Filho/Santos	9	21-15, 13-21, 15-13	0:47
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Filho/Santos	14	Smedins/Sorokins	19	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 11 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-2
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	11	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:54
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 2	Doppler/Horst	3	Smedins/Sorokins	8	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Smedins/Sorokins	22	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 14 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	21-18, 24-22	0:42
Trail the series against # 16 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	28-26, 22-20	0:46
Trail the series against # 19 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 0-1
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kapa/McHugh	29, Q13	Smedins/Sorokins	Q4	21-10, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 20 Spijkers/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Spijkers/Varenhorst	20	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	Smedins/Sorokins	22	23-21, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 24 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool H	Koshkarev/Semenov	24	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q4 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool H	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q6	Eithun/Horrem	24, Q4	21-14, 11-21, 15-9	0:43
Trail the series against # Q10 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-2
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	9	Smedins/Sorokins	8	21-18, 22-20	0:45
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Bogatov/Prokopiev	30, Q4	Smedins/Sorokins	19	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # Q12 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Smedins/Sorokins	22	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	27	21-19, 25-27, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # Q21 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 2-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Smedins/Sorokins	25, Q5	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	Q21	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:53
5/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Contender 1	Smedins/Sorokins	8	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	16, Q11	21-19, 21-12	0:37